The News From Pakistan Is Not Good

Gerald Posner reports that "Taliban forces are on the verge of seizing Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal" — The Taliban's Nuclear Threat.

News that "pro-Taliban slogans, calling on Christians to convert to Islam, [have] appear[ed] on church walls," six Christian houses been set ablaze, and "three Christians, including an 11-year-old boy, who is in critical condition," been attacked by gunmen — Taliban attack Christians in Karachi.

Syed Saleem Shahzad reports that Governor Owais Ahmad Ghani acknowledges that "the seven-year-long strategy of military operations [has] only aggravated the situation" and "that the situation can at best only be contained as long as foreign troops remain in Afghanistan" — Frontier wisdom.

"Pakistan’s judiciary system cannot enforce the country’s laws until the United States leaves the region and the Pakistani government strengthens the law enforcement system" was the conclusion reached at this forum — US presence in Pakistan harmful, analysts say.